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European Landowners' Organization asbl

NGO / non-profit · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Landowners' Organization asbl appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
€900,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
11.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Landowners Organization (ELO), created in 1972, is a unique federation of national associations from Europe, which represents the interests of the landowners, land managers, rural entrepreneurs and family businesses at the European political level. Independent and non-profit making and registered as such in Belgian law, ELO is the only organisation able to stand for all rural actors. Such…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 27 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1452%
European People's Party1141%
Patriots for Europe27%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2024).

2019
1
2020
1
2021
0
2022
1
2023
3
2024
11
2025
8
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Martin Hojsík
4 meetings · Renew
Herbert Dorfmann
3 meetings · EPP
Elsi Katainen
2 meetings · Renew
Pascal Arimont
2 meetings · EPP
Benoit Cassart
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Krzysztof HetmanCAP
8 Jul 2026Benoit CassartPrix du blé, concurrence externe
20 Nov 2025Barry CowenSpeaking at the Forum for the Future of Agriculture
6 Nov 2025Laurent CastilloRèglement déforestation
15 Sep 2025Valérie HayerForest Monitoring
8 Jul 2025Benoit CassartNutrition animale
25 Jun 2025Barry CowenMeeting with the European Landowners Organisation
5 Jun 2025Elsi KatainenBiofuels: Growing Sustainable Energy
21 May 2025Martin HojsíkSoil Monitoring Law
12 Feb 2025Herbert DorfmannEU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Certification (CRCF)
12 Dec 2024Juan Ignacio Zoido ÁlvarezIntergroup Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside
20 Nov 2024Herbert DorfmannRe-establishment of the biodiversity, hunting, and countryside Intergroup
12 Nov 2024Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
7 Nov 2024Riho Terraswildlife, countryside
6 Nov 2024Barbara BonteSoil Monitoring Law

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